Stopper and pouring-nozzle for ink-bottles



(No Model.)

E'. H. ALLING.

sToPPER AND Pomme NozzLB PoR INK BOTTLES.

No. 432,924. Patented July 22, 1890.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

EDIVARD II. ALLING, OF ROGERS PARK, ASSIGNOR TO 'IHE L. H. THOMA COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A i

STOPPER AND POURING-NOZZLE FOR INK-BOTTLAES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,924, dated J' uly 22, 1890.

Application filed March 17,1890. Serial No. 344,104. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:l

Be it known that I, EDWARD I-l. ALLING, a citizen of the United States, residing in Rogers Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvementin a Combined Stopper and Pouring-Nozzle for Ink-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined cork or stopper and pouring-nozzle for ink-bottlesof a simple and cheap construction, which may be easily and rapidly inserted in the bottle and operated to close the same liquid-tight with certainty, and through the pouring nozzle or spout of which the ink may be poured in small quantities without danger of dripping` or soiling the top of the bottle or pou ring-nozzle.

To this end my invention consists in a metallic tube or pouring-nozzle, preferably made of britannia metal, pewter, or other soft metal or metal alloy, in combination with an annular tapering cork surrounding such metallic tube, and to which it is rigidly and firmly fixed by shoulders or flanges formed on the metal tube. The upper end of the metal tube or pouring-nozzle is furnished with a screwthread and with a threaded cap for closing the same, and the extreme end of the pouring nozzle or tube is furnished with an internal iiange, which serves to divide or cut the stream when the bottle is tipped upward, so as to prevent drops of the liquid from dripping from or adhering to the outside of the pouring-nozzle, and thus smearing and soiling the same, as well as the screw-cap or the iingers in closing the screw-cap. I find that by furnishing the pouring-nozzle with this internal lip or sharp internal flange it serves to cut or divide the flowing stream of liquid clearly, so that one portion flows back into the bottle and the other portion drops into the inkstaud without any tendency of the liquid to cling to or smear the pouring-nozzle. This internal flange also affords a smooth iinish to the end of the pouring-nozzle and serves to strengthen and protect the same.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts,

vtube for the ilow of the ink.

Figure l is a side elevation of an ink-bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View showing the bottle closed; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the metal tube, showing the same before the flange or shoulder is formed upon the lower end of the tube.

In the drawings, A represents anV ink-bottle, B the metallic tube or pouring-nozzle, and C the annular tapering cork surrounding the same The metal tube is furnished with a collar or shoulder l), which fits upon the upper end of the annular cork, and a flange or shoulder b is turned upon the lower end of the tube B after the tube is inserted through the annular cork for the purpose of rigidly securing the cork and tube together. It will be observed that the shoulders b and b', fitting against the opposite ends of the annular cork, serve to combine and fix the cork and tube rigidly together. The upper shoulder` or collar b serves not only as a means of combining the tube and cork rigidly together, but it also affords a bearing for the annular drivingtool in driving the combined stopper and pouring-nozzle into the bottle. The upper shoulder o should be made slightly smaller in diameter than the mouth of the bottle, so that this plate I) may be driven down flush with the upper edge or surface of the bottle-neck, as is clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. It thus gives a neat finish to the bottle as a whole and produces a firmer, closer, and stronger union or fit between the egrlga'nd Athe neck of Y the bottle. The upper end of the metal pouring tube or nozzle B is furnished with screwthreads b2, which engage the corresponding threads f of the screw-cap F, by which the mouth of the pouring-nozzle is closed. The screw-cap F is furnished with an elastic gasket or packing-platef to effect a perfect closure of the pouring-nozzle. The pouring-nozzle is provided with an internally-projecting flange b3 at its upper end, which serves to divide the stream'in pouring and prevent the ink from dripping 0r smearing the pouringnozzle on the outside. The metallic pouringtube, it will be observed, extends entirely through the cork-ring C throughout its length, and also affords a perfectly-smooth bore or IOO After the bottles are filled with ink my compound stopper and pouring-nozzle may be driven or inserted in the bottles very easily, and when so inserted it is a perfectly-safe closure of the bottle. The internal flange b3 also affordsa smooth evenseat for the gasket y, or packing f', so that the screw-cap F will:

a narrow annulus c od' the corner of the cork and make a perfect seal of the bottle by the forcible compression of the material of the cork between the edge of the collar b and the wall of the bottle-neck.

I claiml. The combination, with an ink-bottle, of an annular cork C, a metal pouring-tube B, 'having an annular shoulder or collar b and a flange b', embracing the ends of said annular cork and rigidly securing the same to said tube, said liange b being turned on the lower end of said tube after it is inserted through said cork, said pouring-tube having a nozzlev 'flangeband a screw-cap F, having a packing f', substantially as specified.

2. The combined ink-bottle, stopper, and pouring-nozzle, consisting in the combination, with annular cork G, of pouring-tube B, extending through sai'd'oork and provided with externaljshoulders b b', engaging the ends of said crk,s`aid shoulder b' being turned upon the lower end of said tube after it is inserted through said cork, and a screw-cap F, fitted on the threaded end of said pouring-tube which projects above said shoulder b, substantially as specified.

3. `The combination, with the bottle A, of the cork-shell C, metal pouring-tube B, having upper collar b adaptedv to fit within the neck of the bottle Hush with the upper yedge or Vsurface thereof and seal'thebottle bycutting or shaving off a narrow ann'ulu's of cork vbetweenfitself and the'cornerof tliebottleneck, said 'pouring-tube projecting above said shoulder b, and having 'a screw-threaded cap, substantially as specified..

Y EDWARD H. ALLING. lvitnesses: l

EDMUND ADoocK,

H. M. MUNDAY. 

